https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2781743
https://archive.is/I9DCE
Experimental Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Content in Inhaled Air With or Without Face Masks in Healthy Children
Experimental Assessment of Carbon Dioxide Content in Inhaled Air With or Without Face Masks in Healthy Children
Results
The mean (SD) age of the children was 10.7 (2.6) years (range, 6-17 years), and there were 20 girls and 25 boys. Measurement results are presented in the Table. We checked potential associations with outcome. Only age was associated with carbon dioxide content in inhaled air (yโ=โ1.9867โโโ0.0555โรโx; rโ=โโ0.39; Pโ=โ.008; Figure). Hence, we added age as a continuous covariate to the model. This revealed an association (partial ฮท2โ=โ0.43; Pโ<โ.001). Contrasts showed that this was attributable to the difference between the baseline value and the values of both masks jointly. Contrasts between the 2 types of masks were not significant. We measured means (SDs) between 13โฏ120 (384) and 13โฏ910 (374) ppm of carbon dioxide in inhaled air under surgical and filtering facepiece 2 (FFP2) masks, which is higher than what is already deemed unacceptable by the German Federal Environmental Office by a factor of 6.This was a value reached after 3 minutes of measurement.Children under normal conditions in schools wear such masks for a mean of 270 (interquartile range, 120-390) minutes.3 The Figure shows that the value of the child with the lowest carbon dioxide level was 3-fold greater than the limit of 0.2 % by volume.4 The youngest children had the highest values, with one 7-year-old childโs carbon dioxide level measured at 25โฏ000 ppm.
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